Improvement in cribs for children



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Cribs for Children.

. "Patentedjuly2l',l874.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIOE.

JOHN W. FORSYTH, OF LEESBURG, VIRGINIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN CRIBS FOR CHILDREN.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 153,329, dated July21,1874; application filed January To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN W. FORSYTH, of Leesburg, in the county ofLoudoun and in the State of Virginia, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Cribs for Children; and do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompan ying drawing, making a part of thisspecification, in which Figure 1 is a perspective View of the cribfolded up, and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the crib attached to acar-seat back.

Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of thefigures.

The object of the present invention is to provide a convenient andportable device for use chiefly for holding infants in a railway-car 5and it consists of a childs crib having arms, the ends of which areformed into hooks 0r springs, whereby it can be easily and firmlyattached to or upon the back of a railway-car seat, and in soconstructing the crib that its arms and sides can be folded compactlydown upon the bottom.

In the annexed drawing, A represents the arms of the crib. These areformed at their ends into hooks or springs A, which are adapted in sizeand shape to fit upon the top edge of the car-seat back F, as shown inthe drawing in Fig. 2. These arms are connected to and with the bottomrails B of the crib by hinges O, and likewise the front posts D arehinged at their lower ends at 0 to the said bottom rails. The bottom ofthe crib can be made of slats b, or of slats and elastic, or otherbands. The front posts D are connected together by means of the slatscl, or slats and bands, thus forming the front side of the crib. Theends or right and left sides may be left open, or strips of cloth orelastic bands d may be extended from the posts D to the arms A, andsecured or fastened thereto at their ends.

As thus made or constructed this device is very light, and can be foldeddown into a compact and portable form, and held by a hooked hasp, E, asshown in Fig. 1, so that it can be readily carried about in the hand ofthe nurse, or the mother, or traveler.

WVhen occasion requires, the crib can be' opened and applied to thecar-seat back by means of the hooks or springs without the slightesttrouble or inconvenience.

This device affords a cheap and Very convenient means for carrying aninfant in a railway-car. The crib is so securely fixed to and upon thecar-seat back that it cannot, under any ordinary circumstances of railroad locomotion, be jarred or tossed out of place. It is also made ofsuch size as to'be amply sufficient to hold an infant and its necessarycoverings or wraps, and yet not seriously diminish the accommodation ofthe passengers occupying the seat in front of it.

By the use of this crib in the railway-car an infant can be carried verycomfortably, and the nurse or mother saved the burden and worry ofholding the child in her arms.

Having thus fully set forth the nature and merits of my invention, whatI claim as new, 1s

A childs' portable crib, consisting of the bottom rails B, thearms Ahaving the curved spring or hooked ends A, the front posts D, the armsand posts being hinged to the bottom rails, and the connecting bands orstrips 1) d d, the whole capable of being folded compactly together,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this13th day of January, 187 4.

JOHN W. FORSYTH. WVitnesses:

WILLIAM FITCH, HARRIE O. HAZARD.

